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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3177)	3/19/1999 9:50:00 AM
From: John Stichnoth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

<The vBNS is an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)-based network that enables data, voice and video transfer at rates up to 100 times faster than the commercial Internet that people use from their homes. Abilene is a new, faster Internet Protocol (IP)-based backbone network connecting regional points. > Frank, do you have any comments on the implications for the future of the two pipelines in this "next-generation" internet being different protocols? Does that imply anything for development of the commercial backbone? Best, JS